Richard Potts v. United States
Securities Immigration
Whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the statutory penalty for petitioner's offense, so that petitioner is eligible for a sentence reduction under § 404(b) of the First Step Act?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED First Question _ Whether the Fair Sentencing Act modified the statutory penalty for petitioner's offense, : so that petitioner is eligible for a sentence reduction under § 404(b) of the First Step Act ?. Second Question Whether the part of § 404(c) [Nothing in this Section should be construed to require a court to reduce any sentence pursuant to this section] grants the district court discretionary authority : to retain a sentence that exceed the new : statutory maximum penalty established by the Fair Sentencing Act ?. -ii